Meaning of 打车
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to take a taxi (in town)
- to hitch a lift
How to use 打车
打车 is the everyday way to say you are taking a taxi or ride-hailing car, and it works for apps like DiDi too. It is a verb-object phrase, so you can split it: 打个车 (dǎ ge chē). Example: 太晚了，我们打车回家吧。(Tài wǎn le, wǒmen dǎchē huí jiā ba.) It's too late, let's take a taxi home.
打 (dǎ) is a busy verb meaning to do or get something, and 车 (chē) is a vehicle. Picture yourself hailing a car on the street: you "do a car" to get a ride, so 打车 means to take a taxi.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 打车 (take a taxi as a passenger) with 开车 (kāichē, to drive a car yourself). If you say 我开车去 you are the driver, not the passenger.
打车 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 打车.
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 打球 | dǎ qiú | to play a ball sport |
| 车票 | chēpiào | ticket for a bus or train |
| 打算 | dǎsuàn | to plan; to intend |
Questions about 打车
What does 打车 mean?
打车 (dǎchē) means "to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift".
How do you write 打车?
打车 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 打车 an HSK word?
Yes. 打车 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 打车 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 打车 is written 打車.
What is the difference between 打车 and 坐出租车?
Both mean taking a taxi. 坐出租车 (zuò chūzūchē) literally means riding in a taxi and sounds a bit more formal or descriptive. 打车 is shorter and more common in casual speech, and it also covers the act of hailing or booking the car.
Can I put words between 打 and 车?
Yes. Because 打车 is a verb plus object, you can insert words, as in 打了一辆车 (dǎ le yí liàng chē, took a taxi) or 打不到车 (dǎ bu dào chē, can't get a taxi).